Celebrate the Fight Against Slavery on Lincoln’s Birthday

February 13, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

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Help the “Land of Lincoln” take a stand against modern day slavery.

Honor Abraham Lincoln’s birthday by welcoming two of the world’s most acclaimed anti-slavery leaders to Chicago from Mauritania, West Africa.
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Mauritania has been called Slavery’s Last Stronghold by CNN and ranked as the nation with the largest percentage of its own people still enslaved. Slavery in Mauritania was not criminalized until 2007 – and its weak laws against the practice are seldom enforced. Mauritanians Biram Abeid and Brahim Randhame faced severe persecution for fighting against slavery, but now they are turning their country towards freedom. On February 13th, join us in welcoming these heroes to Chicago!